Advantages: Incredibly creepy, yet little action Disadvantages: None for me, but for some, it's in French and black and white
...face, just leaving her own eyes to peer out. Despite this, she manages to convey the deepest emotions - fear, anger and horror. Most of it comes through in her eyes, but her body movements help too, with the hunching of her shoulders or the slouch in her walk. Throughout the film, she says very little, and yet I really came to feel a bond with her - something that is unusual in a horror film where victims and murderers are often characterless. I ... ...carrying a dead body, Louise's eyes are huge and luminous and then an aircraft suddenly passes overhead. Why this should have made me jump I don't know, but it was far more effective than someone leaping out and slashing them to death. The scene in the grounds involves Christiane running around aimlessly in her mask and a very white gown of some kind. At this point, we don't know what will become of her and she looks very lost - amazingly effective ...
sunmeilan 27.02.2009 (14.08.2009)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Eyes Without A Face (DVD)
Advantages: Stunning imagery, pathos, intriguing plot and characters. Disadvantages: Ignores the substance at times in favour of art.
Eyes Without a Face or Les Yeux Sans Visage to give the film its original French title is an unforgettable piece of French horror cinema. Filmed in 1959, the scenes of horror may be decidedly tame in comparison to modern cinema, yet the film has a story and vision that have endured the years. The plot of the film focuses on Doctor Génessier (Pierre Brasseur) whose daughter has been left with a horrifically disfigured face following a car accident. ... ...is the simplistic premise behind Eyes Without a Face. At the time the film was made, director Georges Franju was advised not to upset European censors and therefore to refrain from using too much blood, scenes of animal torture or to present a stereotypical mad scientist. Since all three of these elements are essential to the film, it is a tribute to Franju's talents as a director that he managed to present these elements with such subtlety as to ...
nicolemorgan 04.03.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Eyes Without A Face (DVD)
Production Year: 1980 - Horror - Director: Stanley Kubrick - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
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